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Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Greeting Cards!

Good evening. I am finally able to post the greeting cards I drew a few weeks ago, because the recipient has received one of them. They're fairly simple. I bought a pack of plain greeting cards, envelopes included, from Beverly's. It's been many years since I drew anything, let alone with pen and ink, and this was my first attempt:

I started simple, so that I wouldn't get frustrated right off the bat. If I failed at drawing branches and birds, I would have to just kill myself.

I knew I wanted to make my "real" one a gift for my dear friend Adam, who lives in New Mexico. I decided to find something that would remind him of home, in Santa Cruz. I stalked his mom's photos on facebook and found a lovely shot from inside their house, which just happens to be my favorite place in the world.

I don't know why I thought a picture with so much shadow would be a good idea to attempt drawing, but I just started going and by that point it was too late to turn back. The finished product:

Here's a little closer. Kind of weird and abstract, but...eh.

And my favorite part: signing my shit with my awesome last name. :)

The cards themselves are pretty flimsy, so I cut out the same size cardstock and glued it inside to make it more hearty. Then I covered the front with a lacquer adhesive type thing to protect the ink, and voila. I wouldn't say I'm stoked about the end result, but I AM happy that it didn't turn out to be complete crap. So that's a start. And in the end, all the really matters is that he loved it.

I 'll probably keep complaining for awhile that the stuff I make isn't amazeballs. Bear with me. It will be eventually. :)

Hi, I'm Craftypants.

My name is Carrie, affectionately known by most as "Bear". I live on the wonderful central coast with my two furry children that meow.
This is my attempt to force myself to get back into being an artsy fartsy lady.